Timeline for Can you apprehend something instead of someone?
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| Jun 23, 2019 at 22:57 | comment | added | WBT | A "go fast" boat used in drug smuggling operations was "apprehended" as noted on p. 19 of a US treasury report on civil asset forfeiture. If some potential OP is seeing the word "apprehend" used for goods being seized, I would say it's a reasonable word choice given the constraints. And yes, no matter how ideal you'd like to think courts are, specific choice of words does matter on the scales of persuasion. | |
| Jun 21, 2019 at 23:36 | comment | added | David Siegel | While Civil Forfeiture is indeed an often unjust procedure, it is not just a matter of terminology, and the legal consequences do not depend on the term used, although they cna depend on the legal route taken. Nor is it accurate to speak of apprehending or arresting things in a forfeiture case -- that is pure hyperbole. Regardless of that, this is in no way an answer to the original question. | |
| Jun 21, 2019 at 18:23 | history | answered | WBT | CC BY-SA 4.0 |